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c. Time spent together and activities at home

d. Whom do you approach for help?

e. Activities you get involved in with the family

f. How you meet your monetary requirements

g. Friends in the neighbourhood and the social/cultural or other activities

A typical answer to this question could be:

Sir, my father Mr Ratan Singh is a head clerk in State Bank of India. My

mother is a housewife. I have a brother and a sister both younger to me. My
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brother is studying in class 12 and sister in class 10 . My grandparents stay
with us. We make a very happy family. On weekdays, we remain very busy
with college and studies. It is normally on Sundays that we are home and get
to spend some time with each other. On weekdays, we make it a practice to
have dinner together and on Sundays, we normally have lunch together.

Among the brothers and sister we have a good relationship and, I being the
eldest, guide the younger ones in studies. I am more close to my mother and
often approach her for any help. My father is a strict disciplinarian. In the

house, I do most of the outside work like repairs, purchase of any items,
payment of electricity/telephone bills, etc. (shows your sense of
responsibility). For my monetary needs, I get pocket money of `1,000 every

month. I use this for petrol/ bus/travel, etc. and purchase of stationery and an
occasional movie, etc. I have a number of friends in the neighbourhood and
earlier, when I was in school, we used to play cricket together every evening

but in college, I could not do much as the academic load was more. Every
year, we celebrate Ganesh Pooja and all of us organise it together.

Sequence 4

This sequence is about spare time, interests, hobbies and games. The question
will be somewhat similar to the following:

“Now please tell me, how do you spend your spare time? What are your
interests and hobbies, sports and games you have taken part in, both in your